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13th August 2021. 9.30pm to 14th August 2021, 9.30pm
[9:55 PM, 8/13/2021] Seethalakshmy CUBE: Crazy Ants
[10:04 PM, 8/13/2021] Arunan HBSCE: @Abhijeet Singh Your contribution today, was exemplary! Please continue coordinating with Saida, Kiran & Aswathy to post the map and also the summary of today’s Chatshaala.

If I remember correctly, you joined CUBE in your 8th standard and is back with us, now. Do keep it up!
[10:11 PM, 8/13/2021] Abhijeet Singh: 512th day of CUBE chatShaala: 13th August 2021
INDIA

21 CUBists had joined the webinar

  1. Saida Sayyed
  2. MC Arunan sir
  3. Ashwathy Suresh
  4. Kamakshi
  5. Aashu
  6. Lakshmy PJ
  7. Heshica battina Chowdary
  8. Sare kamat
  9. Prachi pant
  10. Aarti Venkatesan
  11. Sachin pradhan
  12. Shraddha Sonavane
  13. Scahi bind
  14. Batul Ma’am
  15. Seethalakshmi
  16. Shramana
  17. Viashali pant
  18. Khushi Goel
  19. Sarita kumar
  20. Rishita Deore
  21. Abhijeet Singh

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CUBist(s) who had joined today but their name isn’t included in the list, kindly replied to this message
[11:16 PM, 8/13/2021] Saida Sayyed: 512th day of CUBE chatShaala: 13th August 2021
21 CUBists from 19 CUBE centres had joined the webinar had joined the webinar

INDIA

Delhi
Abhishek Singh
Dr Sarita Kumar: ANDC, Delhi
Kamakshi Srivastave : Delhi University
Kanishka Parashar: Jamia Millia Islamia

Gujarat
Rishita Deore

Kerala
Aswathy Suresh: Thriprayar
Lakshmy PJ: Kandassankadavu
Seethalakshmi CR: Pazhuvil, Trissur

Maharashtra
Anshu Kadam: Thane
Arunan MC: Breach Candy, South Mumbai
Sachin Pradhan: Dahanu Road, Palghar
Saida Sayyed: Bandra, Mumbai
Shraddha Sonavane: Panvel

Uttar Pradesh
Heshica Battina Chowdary: kanpur

West Bengal
​​Batul Pipewala: Kolkata
Shramana: Kolkata

Aarti Venkatesan
Khushi Goel
Prachi Pant
Sare kamat
Scahi bind
Viashali Pant

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CUBist(s) who had joined today but their name isn’t included in the list, kindly replied to this message
WHITEBOARD PHOTOS SHARED BY SAIDA AT 12.49AM
[7:29 AM, 8/14/2021] Abhijeet Singh: So @Seethalakshmy CUBE if I(or anybody who doesn’t know what are black ants and black crazy ants) look into your culture and want to distinguish between the common black ants and crazy black ants what peculiar character should we look for?
Which character would easiest to differentiate between the two!?
[8:28 AM, 8/14/2021] Abhijeet Singh: Yes sir!!
I’m going the paper and trying to understand what are the characters of climbing plants they are taking as inspiration to development robots for their purposes.

Going through the paper they say that
However clear and useful biological investigations require a methodological approach to really understand the possible reasons for a particular phenomenon in order to facilitate and correctly translate the working principles from nature to the artificial world

The review is divided into 3 parts i.e. 1) Adaptation. 2) Movement. 3) Behaviour.

ADAPTATION
This section includes the details the current *morphological( form and structure) and biomechanical(structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems) tools and methods used to Investigate the material structure-properties in climbing plants, as well as their tissue architecture and variation in material properties from macro to micro-scale.

MOVEMENT
Includes exploring the recent studies on movements and with and overview of the tracking methods and some software for analysing the kinematics.

BEHAVIOUR
Analysing the approaches used to explore the theories behind the behaviour in climbing plants*

The beauty and efficiency of nature have long Inspired engineers aiming at transferring ideas from biology to technology
The specific term biomimetics ( mimicking biological processes) was coined by bio-engineer Otto Schmitt.

I need to go through it and also see for other references available.
PHOTOS BY ABHIJEET SINGH AT 8.36AM
Very interesting picture😃! As if the plant is using hands to take support for growing!. Ulwe, Navi-Mumbai. 14th August 2021.
Mom tied a rope so that they can grow by taking support. And it seems like it is doing good for them. Ulwe, Navi-Mumbai, 14th August 2021
[9:09 AM, 8/14/2021] Batul Pipewala Kolkata: :ok_hand::ok_hand:
[11:52 AM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: Good, elementary query @Abhijeet Singh
I am sure @Seethalakshmy CUBE will now attempt to give us some cue.
Please @Seethalakshmy CUBE
[12:17 PM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: Please give essential description of the context along with nae of the Data collector & Date along with K cation of the CUBE HomeLab @Abhijeet Singh
[12:17 PM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: Some comments please! @Batul Pipewala Kolkata
[12:18 PM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: Do you think this is an Insect? Why or why not? @Janhvi Deshmukh
[12:21 PM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: Please describe this photo urgently @Hina Mudgal Kanpur CUBE
What is seen like frog eggs?:upside_down_face:

Always give the essential description to start a discussion. @Hina Mudgal Kanpur CUBE
[12:56 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: 25-30days in between Those flies were died completely inside the bottle. Before that I already transferred progeny’s in to new subculture bottle C20
[12:57 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: Yes I think it’s a insect I see some aphids on same plant …so thats why I have a question it’s a aphids??
VIDEO BY SIDHY AT 12.58PM
Fruit flies on Hibiscus flower parts. Date: 14/08/2021 Time: 11:58 AM. Location: Thanniam , Thrissur, Kerala. Data collector : Sidhy.P.P , CUBE S N College, Nattika
[1:00 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: :astonished: wow !what they do in hibiscus :relieved:such a beautiful video …what do you think :thinking: what fruitfly do on hibiscus?
[1:00 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: @Sidhy Kerala Drosophila
[1:00 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: Vinegar mainly using for to prevent the fungal contamination because it contains acetic acid and culture we can maintain for quite longer, maybe one month or more than one month in good condition.
[1:01 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: Great work @Abhijeet Singh :+1::+1::+1:
[1:04 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: Ma’am, It could be some other reason I guess :thinking:. The all flies died with in 10 days. And progeny’s didn’t get it from those flies. It could be the reason those C line flies are old flies maybe.
[1:08 PM, 8/14/2021] Sidhy Kerala Drosophila: I think they can feed on these soft and fleshy mucilage containing parts of hibiscus flower.
[1:09 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: Hibiscus feed on flowers??? @Sidhy Kerala Drosophila @Aswathy Suresh CUBE @Arunan HBSCE sir @Batul Pipewala Kolkata mam and others
[1:10 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: My plan is to save remain culture SLBK A, B, E with out loosing any flies. I think I need to make more subculture in one Line.
VIDEO BY SIDHY AT 1.16PM
Trapped fruit flies using Hibiscus flower parts as a bait.Five flies are trapped. Date: 14/08/2021 Time: 12:45 PM Location : Thanniam , Thrissur , Kerala. By Sidhy.P.P , CUBE S N College,Nattika.
[1:16 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: Ohh great :+1:! So how many flies are there ?
[1:16 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: @Sidhy Kerala Drosophila
[1:17 PM, 8/14/2021] Sidhy Kerala Drosophila: There are 5 flies
[1:17 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: Oh so you see any gravid fruitfly? @Sidhy Kerala Drosophila
[1:18 PM, 8/14/2021] Sidhy Kerala Drosophila: Yes. There is one gravid fly.
[1:19 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: Ohh great :+1::grinning:! So 4 are male and female
[1:19 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: @Sidhy Kerala Drosophila
[1:19 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: So now what is your objective?@@Sidhy Kerala Drosophila
[1:20 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: What is the context discussing about imaginal disc? @Saida Sayyed @Yash Sheregare CUBE @Lydia cUBe Drosphila mam @Batul Pipewala Kolkata mam
[1:21 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: Aedes mosquito how many day want to complete their life cycle? @Hina Mudgal Kanpur CUBE mam @Seethalakshmy CUBE @Dr. Sarita kumar Delhi CUBE mam
[1:27 PM, 8/14/2021] Sidhy Kerala Drosophila: Objective is to know whether we can see fruit fly life cycle in this set up using Hibiscus flower.
[1:27 PM, 8/14/2021] Batul Pipewala Kolkata: @Kamakshi of kalpana fellows wants to study the role of imaginal discs in Alzheimers that was the context @Aswathy Suresh CUBE
[1:29 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: Ohh yes mam
[1:29 PM, 8/14/2021] Aswathy Suresh CUBE: Great :+1::+1::+1:. What is the relation between imaginal disc & Alzheimer’s study :thinking:? Is there any correlation?
[1:30 PM, 8/14/2021] Sidhy Kerala Drosophila: I am a student :blush:
[1:30 PM, 8/14/2021] Janhvi Deshmukh: Yes :crossed_fingers:
[1:35 PM, 8/14/2021] Batul Pipewala Kolkata: Summary by kamakshi
Hello everyone,

Today (13th August 2021) in cube chatshaala, we started the discussion with imaginal disc present in drosophila (fruit flies). The discussion started from imaginal disc lead us to understand the relationship of development of flies to their different stages during life cycle. We also understood the concept of imaginal disc, it’s contribution in growth and in which other organisms it is found during development, that are insects. Insects of different economic value and pathogenic activity were discussed including mosquitoes.
Relationship of imaginal discs and brain activity was understood with the help of previously available data on public resources. Also design of the methodology was discussed to understand if there is…
[2:36 PM, 8/14/2021] Dr. Sarita kumar Delhi CUBE: Duration varies according to the environmental conditions…It can be over in 10-12 days and can extend to months.
[2:55 PM, 8/14/2021] DP HBCSE: We will continue our barefoot chat live session-31, this afternoon from 3-4 pm at https://webinar.hbcse.tifr.res.in/b/dp6-vs2-a2s

More Details: BFC Session-31 [August 14 2021] Indian Philsophical Schools - #2 by karnamdpdurga
[5:11 PM, 8/14/2021] KIRAN CUBE: INVITATION TO JOIN TODAY’S CUBE CHATSHAALA :innocent:

Please add name of your PLACE/AFFILIATION along with the FULL NAME while joining, this would help us in making map of participants. Map will also be shared in CUBE what’s app groups after the session

Webinar Link :

Timing:5.30-9.30pm
Looking forward to your participation
Thanks.
[5:20 PM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: What is the defining features of insects? @Janhvi Deshmukh
[5:21 PM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: Where exactly did you keep this hibiscus flower parts? @Sidhy Kerala Drosophila
[5:24 PM, 8/14/2021] Arunan HBSCE: Great! @Sidhy Kerala Drosophila Let’s discuss this amazing finding today.
Please join in CUBE Chatshaala.

PHOTO OF CARDAMINE BY LAKSHMY SHARED AT 8.06PM
Long term objective -Floral dip method
Short term objective -

  1. To observe life cycle
  2. observing heteroblasty
    3)Identifying cardamine plants

Seeds collected -25/7/2021
No of seeds on one seed pod-19
Date of sawing Cardamine seeds- -25/7/2021
Seeds germinated -17
Date:14/8/2021
Cotyledonary stage+ 3 leaf stage.
Time:6:48pm
Place: Mampilly
Data collector- Lakshmy @Arunan HBSCE @Arunima SN Nattika Cardamine @KIRAN CUBE
[8:27 PM, 8/14/2021] Sidhy Kerala Drosophila: On a paper which is kept on a book on the table .
[9:39 PM, 8/14/2021] Sidhy Kerala Drosophila: If the flower parts get dried , it will be difficult for the larvae to feed on it. It was necessary to make a set up for keeping the flower parts fresh with moisture. So , I made a goof up.

Inside the bottle ,keep water in a bottle cap and soak cotton or tissue paper in it . And keep the cut end of the pedicel dipped or embedded in that cotton. I think , this will help to prevent drying of flower parts in a fruit fly culture bottle. But it was to be done as an initial step of setting up the trap.

Now it is not dried. To prevent drying in the coming days , I am planning to keep the bottle in water or amidst wet cotton. Don’t know this will help or not. Got only this idea.

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